Hi Tom
Just my thoughts on the can of worms you opened at the weekend.....
As I see it,the only 2 serious options for AF are canon and Nikon ...
whilst other makers produce fine cameras, they do not have a full
system behind them ... and knowing you, thats what you'll end up
with...!!!! :-)
Seriously, A few years ago my Dad, who started me on this whole
olympus thing, wanted to go AF. So for his 60th bday we got him a
canon eos 1000 (?rebel). A decent enough camera, but v. plastic. ON
his 65th bday an Eos 5 - a fine camera. I've used it quite a few
times, with the canon 100-300 , 50 and 28 2.8 .. the AF is very good,
and this camera is 6 or 7 years old. I imagine a 3 or a 1v would be
amazing. Add the well regarded IS lenses and away you go
However, I'm not sure AF is used by "sports pros" as much as I
assume.. a couple of pieces I have read recently mention that they
still prefer to manual focus in many situations. Even a photo that
was on the back page of the Independant on Sunday (UK paper), the
photog stated it was MF even though he had a full blown AF kit.
If all this sounds like I'm going AF , I'm not. The joy of creating a
photograph with total control of the picture is what OM photography
is about, IMHO, and I love it. The few occasions I've shot sports and
wildlife, I've not wished for AF.
Just my 2p.
Cheers
Pete
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